Improvement in corn-planters and markers



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Corn Planter;

Ptented 00h 4,1870.

No.1o8g044.

itlaitml time paient otitis.

FLOYD oeDEN', or FISHERVILLE, KENTUCKY, AssIGNoa To .HIMSELF AND J. T.`Rosa, or Urrea, INDIANA..

Letters raam No. 108,044, dated october 4., 17o.

IMPRQVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS AND MARKERS.

" Be it'known that I, FLOYD' OGDEN, of Fisherville, in the county ot'Jefferson and in theV State of Kentucky, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Oorn-Planter and Marker;A and do herebydeclarezthat the Afollowing a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference' being had to the accompanying drawing and to theletters of reference marked thereon making sa part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a corn-planter and marker, as' will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Inworder to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceedto describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in

whichl Figure 1' is a plan view of my machine, and Figure 2 is a sideelevation ofthe same, one wheel being removed.- l n Figure 3ds aninside'view view of the hub of the wheel. A. A represent two centerbeams, and i B1B, two side beams, through the rear ends of which'theaxle G passes, the said beams being connected by means of'twocrossbars,-D D,'on` their un Vder side, a suitable distance in front ofthe axle.

On each end of the axle C, outside of the side- LbeamsB, is secured atoothed wheel,-c, which is ininclosed in a casing, b, formed in the hubof the wheel E. n Y,

In the casing bis a pawl, cl, pressed inward to the wheel c, by means ofthe spring c, and so arranged that, when the machine moves forward, thepawl will catch in the wheel a and turn the axle; but, when movingbackward, the pawl will slide over the teeth `and not turn the axle.

On the ends of .the cross-bars D D, andimmediately in frontof the wheelsEE, are placed the hop- Apers or cornboxes G G, under the bottoms ofwhich the 'slide H roves from side to s ide, the cross-bars D AD actingas guides between which said slide may move. Y"

- Under the hoppers G G, or, rather,von the underv sides ofthe bars D D,below vthe hoppers, are secured the-conductors I I, through which thecorn passes into the ground. f To the lower ends of the conductors I areattached the runners J, which extend 'forward and upward, as

' shown in g. 2.'

As the slide H moves from side to side it carries-a ,grain of -corn fromthe opening in the bottom of the The slide H is operated at suitableinvervals by the following means Between the twocenter beams A A, abovethe slide H, are pivoted two bars, K K, which extend backward over andbeyond the axle, and have a foot, L, firmly secured between their rearends.

From this foot a rod, j', connects with an arm upon a vertical shaft, M,which is provided with another arm, h, projecting into, and through astaple, i, on the under side of the slide H.

It will readily be seen that, if the bars K K were 'raised to a certainheight, the rod f would turn the 4shaft M on its pivots, and this shaft,through its arm 71, move lthe slide-'H to one side. Then, if the bars KK are let down again, the slide H will move to the other side.

This mot-ion of the bars K K is accomplished by means of a three-cammedwheel, attached to the axle G, between the twoV center beams A A, whichcams, as the axle revolves, bear against a roller, Ic, placed betweenthe bars K,'n rear of the axle, and in front of the foot L.

As the curved side of' the cam bears against the roller It, the 'bars K,with the foot L, are raised, mov ing the slide H, as above mentioned,and as soon as 'the roller k comes to the square end of the cam, the

bars K' drop suddenly down, moving the slide back again, and, at the.same time, by means of the foot L, marking the ground between the hills.

The tongue O is pivoted between the front ends of the center beams A Aand a lever, P, pivoted on one of the bars A, operates on the rear endof the tongue, so as to raise or -lower the front end of the machine atwill.

On Ythe axle C, at 'a suitable point, vis secured a toothed wheel, m,and also a forked lever, R, with spring pawl a, working in said toothedwheel, by

means of which the operator may turn the axle so as to set the droppingmechanism, and cause it to drop at the desired point. In moving to orfrom the eld, and in turning, the bars K K are raised up, and an arm,11, inserted underneath to hold them up, so that the cam-wheel N willnot touch the roller 7c,and hence will not operate the`dropper. y

Having thus fully described my invention, What I vcla-im as new,and'desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is z 1. The cam-wheel N,secured to the vaxle O, and

acting, in combination with the roller k, barsK K,

and foot L, for the double purpose of operating the planting mechanismand marking the ground, substantially as herein set forth.

`2. The combination of .the foot L', rod f, shaft M, and arm h,constructed andarranged as described, for

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 12th dzty of September,

FLOYD OGrDEN.A

Witnesses:

A. N. MARR, J. E. HUTCHINSON.

